Israel Bank of Israel interest rate
Israel Bank of Israel interest rate is 3.25 percent, in force since 3 Sep 2026, cited to Official Bank of Israel Spokesperson PDF dated September 1. It was 3.5 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 15 Sep 2026.
Official source: Official Bank of Israel Spokesperson PDF dated September 1 · Last checked 2026-09-15 · source fingerprint
The Bank of Israel interest rate (ריבית בנק ישראל) — the central bank's headline policy rate, decided by the Monetary Committee (הוועדה המוניטרית) established under the Bank of Israel Law, 5770-2010, at eight scheduled decisions a year published at 16:00 on the announcement date. A new rate does not apply on the announcement day: it takes effect at the start of the next reserve-maintenance period, which for a Monday announcement is the following Thursday.
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| Current value | 3.25 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-09-03 |
| Official source | Official Bank of Israel Spokesperson PDF dated September 1, 2026 (fourth cut of 2026; 25bp from 3… — The Monetary Committee decides on September 1, 2026 to lower the interest rate to 3.25 percent. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-15 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Official Bank of Israel Spokesperson PDF dated September 1, 2026 (fourth cut of 2026; 25bp from 3.50%). HTML press-release and homepage URLs returned a Radware bot-wall and were not used for the figure. Effective date 2026-09-03 is from the official 6 July 2026 BoI press release, which states: 'The next decision regarding the interest rate, which was scheduled for August 31, 2026, will now be published on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The effective date of the rate from that decision remains unchanged—September 3, 2026.' Minutes of this decision were scheduled for 15 September 2026; next decision 21 October 2026.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | 3.5 | Bank of Israel press release, 'The Monetary Committee… |
| 2026-05-28 | 3.75 | Bank of Israel press release, 'The Monetary Committee… |
| 2026-01-08 | 4 | Bank of Israel press release, 'The Monetary Committee… |
| 2025-11-27 | 4.25 | Bank of Israel press release, 'The Monetary Committee… |
| 2024-01-04 | 4.5 | Bank of Israel press release, 'The Monetary Committee… |
| 2023-05-25 | 4.75 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-04-07 | 4.5 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-02-23 | 4.25 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-01-05 | 3.75 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2022-11-24 | 3.25 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2022-10-09 | 2.75 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2022-08-25 | 2 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
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